# Install rolldice with Homebrew, apt

Rolls an amount of virtual dice. Version 1.16 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-12. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install rolldice.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rolldice
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rolldice
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install rolldice
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: rolldice from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rolldice
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rolldice>
- **Version:** 1.16
- **Source summary:** Rolls an amount of virtual dice
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/sstrickl/rolldice>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sstrickl/rolldice>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/sstrickl/rolldice/archive/refs/tags/v1.16.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12T14:54:15+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- rolldice (cli)
- rolldice (alias)

## Uses from macOS

- libedit

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.16
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-12
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/sstrickl/rolldice
- Upstream latest detected: v1.16 (current)

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** rolldice
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - rolldice - 1.16-1+b4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: rolldice from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | virtual dice roller | https://github.com/sstrickl/rolldice
- Ubuntu apt - rolldice - 1.16-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: rolldice from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | virtual dice roller | https://github.com/sstrickl/rolldice


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/rolldice.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/rolldice.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph